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Jan 1, 1347
The Black Death
a rampant disease spread all throughout Europe and killed more than half of the entire population. -
Jan 1, 1400
Beginning of Renaissance
The Renaissance period started -
Jan 1, 1415
Ceuta
The Portuguese sieze the city in North Africa -
Jan 1, 1439
Johannes Guttenberg
He invented the revolutionary Printing Press -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He set sail to find a water route to Asia but instead came across The Americas -
May 4, 1493
The Line of Demarcation
Pope Alexander VI stops the rivalry between portugal and Spain by setting a line down that divides the South Americas -
Jun 7, 1494
Brazil
Portugal claims Brazil because of the Treaty of Tordesillas -
Jan 1, 1495
The Last Supper
Leonardo Da Vinci painted this piece from 1495 - 1498 -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama find India after rounding Southern Africa -
Jan 1, 1503
Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinvi paints the Mona Lisa during the Renaissance -
Jan 1, 1509
Henry VIII
Henry VIII becomes king -
Aug 24, 1511
Malacca
Portugal seize Malacca which lets them ally with asian leaders that let them become a major part of the Asian Trade route -
Jan 1, 1512
Sistine Chapel ceiling
Michelangelo started this painting during 1508 and finished in1512 -
Jan 1, 1513
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
While on search for gold Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean claiming it as Spains -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther
Luther posted the 95 Theses on the front door of the Catholic Church -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Magellan was the first explorer who would have curcuited the globe but he died before he could do that in battle -
Feb 1, 1519
Hernan Cortés
Hernan lands in Mexico with his men conquering the city of Tenochtitlán by battleing the Aztecs -
Jan 1, 1522
New Testament
Martin published the New Testamnet previously written in Hebrew and ancient Greek now translated to German -
Aug 29, 1533
Francisco Pizarro
Pizarro conquers Peru and then executes the Inca emperor -
Jan 1, 1534
The Act of Supremacy
Since Henry VIII is king he declares himself the head of the church and no one can object to him -
Jan 1, 1545
Council of Trent
The Roman Catholic Church eliminate any type of possible agreement with the Protastants -
Jan 1, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
Temporary agreement to which the princes had to decide which religion Lutherism or Catholicism would spread on their lands -
Apr 30, 1558
The Edict of Nantes
This was a sort of peace treaty to obtain religious freedom throught the kingdom and give rights to the Huguenots -
Nov 17, 1558
Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I became queen after her older sister and is well known because of the stability she placed in England -
Apr 1, 1563
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is born and comes to be known as the greatest writer of English and Dramatist -
Jan 1, 1572
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Mob of Catholic people attacked the Protestants and caused the death of thousands which later resulted in the end of Huguenot movement -
Jun 25, 1580
The Book of Concord
This book contains 10 documents that are the Holy Scriptures to the Lutheran Religion -
East India Company
A group of English merchants form the EIC to exploit the Asian trade. They eventually stop the control Southeast Asia and India had over the trade -
30 Years War
This is the war that was fought between the Roman Catholic church and the Protestants. This war caused the death of half of the German population -
Reformations End
The reformation finally ends and there is religious freedom throught the lands
